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Petrophile cyathiforma Foreman

Reference
Fl.Australia 16:474 (1995)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 0.3-0.65 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Dec. White or grey clayey sand. Sandplains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.30-1 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 10-15 mm long, 1-1.3 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, straight or curved, smooth, 0.4-0.6 mm long. Inflorescences not viscid, yellow. Perianth 16-20 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 18-20 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 4-6 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 15-20 mm long. Flowers in September, October, November or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 19 January 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Recherche, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Corrigin, Jerramungup, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe, Wickepin, Yilgarn.